Downtown Business Alliance Plans Four Fall Projects with Fun for Everyone!
Jason Tully welcomes the members as DBA enters it’s ‘busy season’ of downtown projects Jason Tully, President of the Downtown Business Alliance, addressed the DBA members who gathered on Tuesday September 10, 2019 at a new downtown business, VR Social at 317 Spring Street, located just behind the Sulphur Springs Police Department and Water Department. VR Social describes itself as “a collaborative space for...
U.S. Flags To Be Flown At Half-Staff On Patriot Day To Honor Lives Lost On 9/11
The President calls for the United States flag to be flown at half-mast Sept. 11. Most Americans can recall exactly what they were doing at 8:46 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Sept. 11, 2001. As the anniversary approaches, many will take time to remember and honor those who lost their lives that day due to the terrorist attacks. Congress in a joint resolution on Dec. 18, 2001, designated Sept. 11 as “Patriot Day,” a day to...
PJC Student Wins Honor Society Scholarship
Hard work paid off for Paris Junior College student Kareyn Hellmann recently when she received the Dr. Yolanda Romero STAR Scholarship from the Texas Region of Phi Theta Kappa, the two-year college honor society. Hellmann is a member of the Beta Zeta chapter of PTK, and is finishing a year serving as president of the chapter. “I submitted an application telling about myself, the things I’ve done with PTK and volunteering in general,”...
SSES Students, Staff Explain Use, Impact Of Capturing Kids Hearts On Campus
Sulphur Springs Elementary students and staff Monday night demonstrated and explained to the school board the positive impact teachers’ training in and implementing of Capturing Kids Hearts program is having on that campus. Sulphur Springs Elementary School students and staff demonstrate how they begin their days, with positive greetings. Teachers Megan Wiggins and Whitney Vaughan asked the school board members and staff to...
First 2019 ‘Mini Walk’ Held Tuesday at Terrific Tuesdays
Director Tammy Reardon brings out the costumes for the Mini-Walk Where’s a better place to start? The annual fundraising campaign for the Terrific Tuesdays respite program began at today’s regular session. Participants and their ‘buddies’ gathered in the Family Life/Gym at First Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs to set the pattern for eight more walks during the month of September. The campaign will culminate...
North East Texas Children’s Museum Makes A Move!
Northeast Texas Childrens Museum Director Sharline Garrison Freeman Sharline Garrison Freeman, Director at the North East Texas Children’s Museum in Commerce for the past decade has strong Sulphur Springs ties and visited KSST to inform Good Morning Show listeners about the Museum’s move in the near future. “In just 13 days, we will close the present location’s seventeen-year home, just across from Texas A and...
Pay Increase Approved For Election Workers
Training Planned Sept. 23 For All Interested In Serving As Election Workers; Even Students Are Eligible Election workers will receive an additional $2 per hour this year in Hopkins County. Hopkins County Commissioners Court approved County Clerk Tracy Smith’s request that the pay for election workers be raised from $10 to $12 an hour this year. This matches a state change which raised the rate from $8 to $12 an hour for election...
Tradin’ Post for Tuesday, September 10th, 2019
For Sale: 4X4 posts. Available in sizes 8, 10, 12, or 14 feet long. Asking $5.00 each. Also, for sale, some 2X6s and 2X4s. And, a set of Attic stairs for $30.00. This party also has for sale, a “new” 2018 GMC Acadia grill for $350.00. And, “new” 2015 GMC Sierra electric mirrors. Asking $350.00 for them. If you are interested in any of these items, or for more info., please call 903-348-5820. For Sale: two...
Job Burnout: What is Going on?
Johanna Hicks, By Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent We have probably all experienced job burnout at one time or another. Sometimes all it takes is time away from the workplace to refresh and rejuvenate. Job burnout is a special type of work-related stress — a state of physical or emotional exhaustion that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment, according to the Mayo Clinic....
Brinker VFD Recognized For Dedication Service
Brinker Volunteer Fire Department Cpat. Wade McDaniel and Chief Jamie Foster accept recognition from Hopkins County Fire Chief Andy Endsley and Hopkins County Commissioners Court for the department’s dedicated service. Hopkins County Commissioners Court and County Fire Chief Andy Endsley Monday morning recognized Brinker Volunteer Fire Department members for their dedication and 25-years of service to the community. “This...
